Some people just love sun, warm weather and a stroll around the village. I just can’t wait to climb again! We have a rest day today. Which means being bored all day: baking a pie with Cheongsong-apples, reading Donald Duck, knitting Dennis’ sweater, sleeping a bit, eating the pie, washing clothes, taking a shower, drying …

Today, Kandersteg, after a big week of travelling. There was hardly any ice left, it was even so warm that we could climb in a top! Here my report of the last days in Korea and China and the iceclimbing Worldcup… Going abroad is always something for me. It’s a must. Getting to know different …

And again, a very bad internet connection. I stole the cable from the media-tent (one internet connection for more then a hundred (!!!) media (tv, newspapers, radio…) But nevertheless…we’re both in the semi-finals! I even managed to get to the difficult semi-finals in the speed climbing! I landed 12th after many Russians and Koreans, ranking-wise …

Aaahhh, finally there. After a long, long flight with transfer in ‘friendly’ Beijing we arrived en Seoul. It was pretty long to get all the way to Korea. Screaming baby for then hours, stress on Beijing airport, Dennis’ culture shock with a little Chinese guy washing his willy in the sink at the men’s lavatories, …

Oh my…. was my first reaction when Tim (our coach from the Dutch Alpine Club, NKBV) told us we were going to South Korea! He managed to get enough together to send us all the way to South Korea for the first iceclimbing Worldcup of this season. So, on January 5th we’ll fly to Seoul …

Pictures: the windmill I went to today to buy flour for home baked bread, my parents garden in the snow today. Yesterday, today and tomorrow we’re having snowy time. Over 15cm already and that really is a lot of snow, in Dutch terms… So the trains hardly drive, all buses are cancelled, the planes don’t …